Example sentences of "could not they [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why could n't they just leave well alone and let pupils concentrate on the three Rs ? |
| 2 | Could n't they just ease up a little ? |
| 3 | Why could n't they just understand that she did n't want to be married and settled with umpteen kids and a mortgage up to the sky and no life to call her own ? |
| 4 | ‘ Could n't they just have sent us a photograph ? ’ |
| 5 | And so , although she had hated having to do it , Laura had forced herself to write a long letter to Ross , saying how very much she loved and missed him — and could n't they still try to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage ? |
| 6 | If only he believed in her , could n't they together submerge themselves in the waters of Eden and be renewed for all time ? |